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CONCORD, N.H. — Health care advocates say the fate of the Affordable Care Act is on the line, as Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up Thursday. President Donald Trump’s nominee would cement a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court....
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CONCORD, N.H. – Los defensores del cuidado de la salud dicen que el destino de la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio está en juego, ya que las audiencias de confirmación del Senado para la jueza Amy Coney Barrett ante la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos concluyeron...
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BPT Some things in your medicine cabinet are more dangerous than others. When it comes to prescription drugs, opioid pain medicines can be addictive and even deadly. Do you have unused prescription opioids in your home? Keeping unused prescription opioids is risky and can result in overdose and death...
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Algunas cosas guardadas en su botiquín son más peligrosas que otras. Cuando se trata de medicamentos de receta, los medicamentos opioides pueden ser adictivos e incluso mortales. ¿Guarda opioides recetados no utilizados en el hogar? Quedarse con ellos es riesgoso y puede resultar en una sobredosis e incluso la...
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ANDRA WILKINSON, HANNAH WINSLOW Child Trends The majority of people who misuse drugs start before their 18th birthday. Furthermore, the risk of addiction increases when drug use starts in adolescence, making this period a key prevention window. Leftover prescription pills, either from one’s own prescription or those of family or friends, are the dominant...
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Andrea Sears Public News Service CONCORD, N.H. – Drug overdose deaths are increasing rapidly in the United States, and New Hampshire is near top of the list. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows more than 63,000 drug overdose deaths nationwide in 2016, a 21 percent...
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BPT Often spending their days hunched over phones, tablets or computers and their free time at spin class or playing sports, millennials are the next generation poised to experience chronic pain. Even at their young age, millennials say acute and chronic pain are already interfering with their quality of...
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Sets Strict Standards for Its Marketing of Opioids SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – On Thursday July 20th the Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office announced a breakthrough agreement that requires Pfizer Inc. to adhere to strict standards in its marketing of opioids, a class of highly addictive prescription painkillers often...